Events – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Cutting up the archive: reflections on the CVC fellowship

Posted on 5 February 2024 by Sally Kent

In October 2023, CVC fellows Kerstin Hacker and Sana Ginwalla ran a workshop at Cambridge University Library (CUL) entitled ‘Putting our resources to work: transforming […]

Archives, Events, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society, Special Collections

Cure This! Medieval maladies and the 2023 Hands:On Hackathon

Posted on 6 October 2023 by Special Collections

This guest post is by Kate Falardeau, PhD candidate in the Faculty of History, and one of the participants of this year’s Hands:On Hackathon at […]

Curious Cures, Digital Resources, Events, Manuscripts, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections

The legacy of Francis Jenkinson: a symposium

Posted on 7 August 2023 by James Freeman

‘The care of books is a difficult business’, remarked Francis Jenkinson in his presidential address to the annual meeting of the Library Association in 1905 […]

Anniversaries, Archives, Collectors and collecting, Conservation, Digital Resources, Events, Fragments, Incunabula, Library history, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Archival revolution: how born-digital archives are changing the way we do research

Posted on 22 May 2019 by John Wells

On Tuesday 28 May, at 2.15 p.m., Lise Jaillant will give a talk in the Milstein Room, University Library, West Road, on “Archival revolution: how […]

Archives, Digital Resources, Events

Medieval Palaeography Workshop Programme 2019

Posted on 29 April 2019 by James Freeman

Every Easter Term, the University Library hosts the Cambridge Medieval Palaeography Workshop.

Events, Manuscripts, Special Collections

Family Fun: Manuscripts by Candlelight

Posted on 13 April 2019 by James Freeman

Next Wednesday (17th April) sees the return of Manuscripts by Candlelight at the University Library. This event first took place as part of Twilight at the Museums […]

Events, Incunabula, Manuscripts, Music

Despised, Adored and Often Ignored: school poetry anthologies and the trace of classrooms past

Posted on 7 January 2019 by Liam Sims

This post is by Julie Blake, a PhD student in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, currently finishing her thesis on the nature of […]

Collectors and collecting, Events, Poetry, Rare Books, Rose Book-Collecting Prize, Special Collections

A roaring success: the inaugural Cambridge Dissertation Fair!

Posted on 20 November 2018 by Sian Collins

“You can learn about archives you may not have known exist!” This comment on a feedback form handed in at the inaugural Cambridge Special Collections […]

Archives, Events, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections

Annual Liberation Literature Lecture: Parisian women and the Nazi occupation

Posted on 5 October 2018 by Special Collections

We are delighted to announce that the annual Liberation Literature Lecture, held in partnership with Clare Hall, will be delivered by award-winning author Anne Sebba. […]

Events, French, women

Workshop on the Life and Work of Sir George Biddell Airy

Posted on 30 May 2018 by Dr Emma Saunders

A guest post by Daniel Belteki, University of Kent On 29 June 2018, Cambridge University Library will host a workshop on the life and […]

Archives, Astronomy, Engineering, Events, Manuscripts, Science, Special Collections

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